The nose of this pear brandy is only the beginning of a most pleasurable experience. Etter's Poire Williams is made from Swiss Williams pears, known as Bartlett pears in the U.S., which grow in sunny Southwest Canton of Wallis, Switzerland. Unlike other producers of Poire Williams, Etter never puts the fruit in cold storage. Each pear is picked ripe to arrive at the distillery at the peak of perfection. It takes up to fifty pounds of ripe pears to make one bottle!